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From: Tyler McGeorge <millioncheese@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: OT again: Re: hexidecimal literacy
To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
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Well, technically, if a unary system, you could only
have one numeral present. So choose between 0 and 1.
Unary systems are very viable.
--- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> wrote:
> Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> types:
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message
> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> > On 1/28/01, 1:09:47 AM, Dag-Erling Smorgrav
> <des@ofug.org> wrote 
> > regarding Re: OT again: Re: hexidecimal literacy:
> > > Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> writes:
> > > > I was thinking of a *positional* system of the
> kind a*(base raised to
> > > > 0) + b * (base raised to 1) + ...
> > > Yes.
> > > 11111 in unary is 1*(1^0) + 1*(1^1) + 1*(1^2) +
> 1*(1^3) + 1*(1^4).
> > 
> > This ahem "system" is a little curious: eg how do
> you represent, erm, 
> > 0 ? With bells (and whistles) ? :-)
> 
> As 0, of course. Personally, I write unary with 5
> symbols: | - / \ O,
> in order, and with five of them overlapped.
> 
> > With just one symbol, you are somewhat limited,
> aren't you ? OTOH, 0 
> > is (maybe) the most important number in the
> history of maths... Ok,ok, 
> > I have too much Algebra and Analysis in mind. :-) 
> 
> Nothing wrong with that. Well, Algebra, anyway :-).
> 
> 	<mike
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